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Events
2009
The 13th World Forestry Congress was organised by the Government of
Argentina in collaboration with the FAO Forestry Department. The main objective
of the Congress was to provide a forum for the exchange of personal experiences
and for discussions on topics related to forestry activities, involving
professionals and other interested people from all over the world. Approximately
6000 participants from more than 160 countries took part. Activities at the
congress included conferences, roundtable discussions, poster presentations,
parallel events, exhibits, and study and technical tours, all of which focused
on subjects related to the main subject theme of the WFC: ‘Forests in
development – a vital balance’.
2008
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Sustainable Forest Management in Africa Symposium
3-7 November 2008, South Africa
The Department of Forest and Wood Science, Stellenbosch University, and the
Commercial Products from the Wild Group, in collaboration with the Copperbelt
University (Zambia), Eduardo Mondlane University (Mozambique), the Research
Institute in Tropical Ecology of the National Centre for Scientific and
Technological Research (Gabon), the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR),
Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) and the International Union of Forest
Research Organisations (IUFRO) hosted the international Sustainable Forest
Management in Africa Symposium, in South Africa from 3 to 7 November 2008.
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The World Conservation Congress
5-14 October 2008, Barcelona, Spain.
The World Conservation Congress, co-hosted by Spain and Catalonia in
Barcelona, Spain from 5 to 14 October 2008, was the premier environmental event
of 2008. The first part of the Congress, the World Conservation Forum, ran from
6 to 10 October and was a great opportunity to debate pressing issues and their
solutions for sustainable development.
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Side event at the 9th Conference of the Parties of the Convention on
Biological Diversity
22 May 2008, Bonn, Germany
The Bigger Picture of Forest Conservation: What is the Demand for Landscape
Approaches?
In response to the increasing challenges of conserving forest biodiversity in
tropical, developing countries, landscape- and ecosystem-level approaches that
are inclusive of, but broader than, protected areas have been presented as
potential, adaptive solutions to mediating the trade-offs between conservation
and livelihoods. However, for who, when and where are these approaches needed?
What should research on landscapes address, and what type of information is
required and for whom? And, what should an ideal, flexible ‘landscape approach’
look like? Through a series of presentations and panel discussions,
representatives from international research centres and conservation agencies
addressed these questions with the aim of working towards an account of best
practice in landscape approaches and outlining a consensus on the future
direction of landscape approaches to forest conservation.
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